forest
A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
Noun 4 meanings
A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
Any dense collection or amount.
“a forest of criticism”
A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
Verb 1 meaning
To cover an area with trees.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis. The Latin could be: * from foris (“outside”), as in forestis (silva) "(wood) outside," * or from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *furhisti (“forest, fir-grove, wooded land”), equivalent to fir + hurst.
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FOREST at a glance
FOREST has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,992 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with forest
All rhymesOne letter away
- SOREST6
- FEREST9
- FOUEST9
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